AgriStability — Federal Administration

• New and rejoining participant information form
• 2026 AgriStability Tax-aligned Reference Margin Consent Form
• 2026 AgriStability Coverage Notice Intended Productive Capacity Form
• AgriStability Program Appeal Submission Form
• T1275 - AgriStability and AgriInvest Additional Information and Adjustment request form

Who is eligible?

• Producers who derive income from the primary production of agricultural commodities.
• Producers who carry on the business of farming in Canada and report farming income or loss for income tax purposes.
• Estates that meet the program’s eligibility requirements.

Eligible expenses

• Pasture-related feed costs beginning with the 2026 program year.
• Arm's length salaries, commissions and levies, commodity futures transaction fees, and insurance or other premiums for allowable income and expense items, including crop production insurance premiums.
• Commodity purchases, containers and twine, electricity, fertilizer and soil supplements, freight and shipping, heating fuel, machinery (gasoline, diesel fuel, oil), minerals and salts, pesticides, personal protective equipment, prepared feed, and storage/drying.
• Trucking, including contract trucking, used to transport eligible commodities or eligible inputs as required by the farming operation.
• Veterinary fee, medicine, and A.I. fees.

Ineligible Costs and Activities

• Farming activities outside of Canada.
• Aquaculture, peat moss, cannabis except industrial hemp, operation of a wild game reserve, and hunt farms unless permitted by law.
• Forestry products, racehorses, wild animals in their natural environment, and resale of products that do not stem from the farm business.
• Resales of purchased commodities and inputs.
• Non-allowable expenses such as advertising and marketing costs, agricultural contract work, building and fence repairs, capital cost allowance, gravel, interest, land clearing and draining, legal and accounting fees, licences or permits, machinery lease or rental, machinery repair, membership or subscription fees, motor vehicle expenses, office expenses, property taxes, quota rental, rental of land, buildings or pasture, small tools, soil testing, and telephone.

• Access My AAFC Account to sign in to your account or create a new account.

• Once all forms have been processed, the Administration issues a Calculation of Program Benefits.
• If you apply for an interim payment, you will receive an Interim Calculation of Program Benefits Notice showing how the benefit was calculated.
• If an adjustment is accepted, the Administration issues a Revised Calculation of Program Benefits.
• If an adjustment is not accepted, you have 90 days from written notice to request an appeal.
• Appeals are reviewed by an appeals committee, and the appeal results are sent within 10 business days from the date of the meeting.

• My AAFC Account provides secure, convenient and paperless access to AgriStability program information.
• Email notifications are sent when new documents are available or when there is new activity in your account.